Description
Lightify is a lightweight performance helper for WordPress. It focuses on a small set of safe, well-understood front-end optimizations you can toggle from a single settings page — no caching layer, no file rewriting, and no external services.
What it does
- Bloat Removal – Optionally disable emojis, dashicons (front end), block editor CSS, jQuery Migrate, oEmbed discovery, XML-RPC, and RSS feeds.
- Network Improvements – Add
preconnectanddns-prefetchresource hints for the origins you specify, printed by WordPress in the document head. - Media – Add native
loading="lazy"to iframes in your post content.
Every optimization is off or on by a simple checkbox and applies only where noted. If something looks off, just turn the relevant option back off.
External services
This plugin does not connect to, or transmit any data to, any external service. All functionality runs locally on your WordPress installation.
Source Code
Lightify contains no minified, compiled, or obfuscated code. All PHP, CSS, and other source files shipped in the plugin are the original human-readable source and require no build step. The plugin’s stylesheet (assets/css/admin.css) is enqueued directly in its readable form.
FAQ
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Does Lightify cache my pages?
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No. Lightify intentionally does not include a caching layer. It performs only the lightweight cleanup and resource-hint optimizations described above. It is safe to run alongside a dedicated caching plugin.
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Will it break my site?
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Each optimization is individually toggleable and uses standard WordPress hooks. If a setting causes an issue with your theme or another plugin, simply disable it.
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Does it send any data anywhere?
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No. Lightify does not connect to any external service and does not collect or transmit any data. Everything runs locally on your site.
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Where do the resource hints appear?
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Lightify adds your preconnect and dns-prefetch origins through the core
wp_resource_hintsfilter, so WordPress prints them in the<head>of your pages.
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Contributors & Developers
“Lightify – Performance Optimization & Cleanup” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.